Garment



Aug. 25,1931. R. F. ALBERT GARMENT Filed latch 22. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet, 2 I

Patented ug. 2,5, -11931v i PATENT oi-'Fica BUTH'F. ALBERT, 0F YORK, N. Y.

GABMENT Application led March 22, 1930. Serial'lo. 438,029.

This invention relates to an improvement in garments intended for feminine wear and has for its object to provide a type of arment which maybe constructed for eit er s .under' or outer wear, and which, by reason of its construction, will be extremely simple to .manufacture lwlth a consequent decrease in the cost thereof; well fitti-ng, and pleasing in appearance.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment which will meet the requirements of smoothness and Symmetry which are requirements of all garments that are in vogue at the present time. Itsconstruction 15 is such that the garment fits extremely smoothly, lpermitting the use of snug-fitting outer garments, should the garment of my construction be used as an undergarment.

A feature'of the invention resides inthe use of but few seams required in the manu'- facture of the garment, thus greatly decreasingI the sewing operations required and consequently resulting in a decrease in-manufacturing cost. 4. v y

With these and many other objects in view, I have devised the particular arrangement l of parts described hereinafter and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. l 30 rReference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the main blank or body portion which forms a part of one form of my improved garment;

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.closed in rFigures 6 and 7'seamed together;

klilfrllr@ 2 isv a, plan View Ofan inserted Sec- -i and COIlStltteS 8. flOIlt-IOWCI P01'- tion of fabric which, when combined with l Figure 7 is a view of the added skirt section' Figure 8 is a rear view of the completed garment, showing the fabric sections dis-` and Figure 9 is a front view of thelinished garment. 1 Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.. l' 4 Referring to the embodiment of my invention ldisclosed in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive. Here is shown a type of garment commonly known as an envelope chemise. According to my improved method of manufacture, the

`same is of very simple construction, being `wholly composed of two pieces of fabric, one

of which i's disclosed at 1 in Figure 1 and the other being disclosed at 2 in Figure 2. -4

The main body portion is disclosed at 1 in- Figure 1. It will be seen that the same is of rough (polygonal shape having lower ed es 3 and 4 iverging upward, and outw, y from al lower central pointed terminal 5., These edges 3 and 4 extend upwardly and outwardl and terminate at pointed side ends 6 and 7 romwhence converging side edges 8 and 9 extend inwardly and terminate at points 10 and 11, the line between these points eonstitutin the waist line of the garment. That portion. of the fabric section 1 which is substantially diamond-shaped and ,which extends downwardly lfrom the points 85 tion a similar back portion bein provided Y by the section 2' as hereafter exp ained.

At positions above the points 10 and 11 are provided-laterally extending lside flaps or wings 12 and 13 which in the construction of 90 the garment are folded inwardly or toward one 'another on the dotted lines 14 and 15. Ihe fabric located between' these lines 14 and 15 and designated by the numeral 40 constitutes the front upper panel of the '95 trunk portion of the garment. When the blank isfolded on the lines 14 and 15 as disclosed in Figure 4, it will be seen that the lar er wing 13 which forms a part of the back o the trunk of the garment, pro- 100 of the garment. The upper edge of the wing vides a lower` central point 16 that is located on the centerline ofthe garment and from which extends upwardly diverging lower edges 17 and 18, these edges terminating at the points 10 and 11 located on the waist line 13 is disclosed at 19 and the same extends diagonally from the waist line point 10 to the diagonally opposite top edge of the garment. When the small wing 12 is folded inwardly on the line 15, its lower diagonal edgesections of fabric which make up the garment are so arranged that the warp and weft threads of the fabric extend parallel to the cut edges, so that when these two sections of 4 fabric are assembled together to form the finished product, the entire garment is made of fabric which is cut on the bias with respect to the longitudinal axis of the garment and the seams in the garment extend diagonally across the garment. The blank or body portion 1 is provided with a suitably shaped upper edge 22 to form the front top edge of Vthe garment. To complete the assembly of the garment, the angular section of fabric 2, forming the rear skirted portion, 1s set in position with its top divergent edges 23 and 24 extending co-extensively andl adjacent to the lower edges 17 and 18 on the wing 13. Then the edge 24 is stitched to the edge 17 to l provide the seam 25 and correspondingly the edge 23 is stitched to the adjacent edge 18 on the flap 13, this operation resulting in the formation of the seam26. (See Figure-4.) Thereafter, thefside edges 27 and 28 on the fabric section 2 are seamed tothe edges 8 and 9 of the blank 1 resulting in the s1de seams 29 and 30.

If the garment is intended to be Worn as an envelope chemise, the lower pointed ter l minal 5 on the main or body portion 1 may be overlapped with the similar lower pointed terminal 31 on the fabric piece 2r and these overlapped parts secured together by a button 32 engaging with a button hole 33 as is shown 1n Figure 5, or by any other suitable detach;

means.

It will be seen that the garment produced as herein described has the very desirable feature of a completely seamless front. The back of the garment is provided with comparative 1y few seams so that thecomplete assembly of the garment requires but a few minutes work. In order to render the garment completely symmetrical, a blind seam 34 ma be ltilized as shown in Figure 4 to provide a diamond-shaped ligure at the rear of the garment. Shoulder straps 35 of the conventional form may be secured to the top edge of the garment to support it on the wearer.

In the structure disclosed in Figures 6 to 9 inclusive, a garment is shown which is similar in all respects-to that disclosed in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, except that instead of having theI lower diamond-shaped portion providing a bifurcated garment when the lowermost terminals are overlapped and detachably joined, I provide a lower skirted portion 36 so thatthe garment can be used as an underslip, or as an outer garment. The numerals of reference applied to the structure shown in Figures 6 to 9 inclusive correspond to those applied to similar parts in Figures 1 to 5 inelusive, with the exception of the skirt portion which I designate as 36. This skirt portion has long side edges 37 and 38 and a curved lower edge 39. The inserted piece forming the back of the skirt is disclosed at 40 and its upper diverging edges 41 and 42 are stitched to the edges 17 and 18 of the side Wing 13 as by the seams 25 and 26 in precisely the same manner las was described with respect to the structure shown in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive. The side edges of the rear skirt section 40, which are indicated at 43 and 44 are stitched to the ledges 37 and 38 on the front skirt portion asindicated by the seams 45 and 46 in Figure 8.

The fabric used in constructing the garment disclosed in Figures 6 to 9 is, in the completed garment, cut on the' bias with respect to the longitudinal axis of the garment so that elasticity is imparted to the garment and the same smoothly and snugly fits persons of different bodily contour without requiring extensive alterations in the garment. The garment, because of this wholly bias-cut construction is rendered more or less wrinkleless and is extremely smooth fitting, permitting snug-fitting outer garments to be worn should the garments of my improved constructionthe `wearer and afford a perfect fit by reason of its elastic construction and itsA freedom from a plurality of seams andainserted pieces which must commonlyv be employed in garments of the usual construction.

While I have herein described the lower dependent portions on the forms of garments disclosed by me as skirts or skirted por'- tions, it will be understood that by such terms I may. well mean any bifurcated, skirted or other appenda s that may aptly be attached to the lower e ges of the trunk portion pro-y ducedin the simple fashion herein described.

What. I claim is z- 1. A garment composed of a section of 'fabric forming the entire front of the garment,

vided with a tapered end, said tapered endbeing 'inwardly folded across the weave of the fabric, said trunk-portion being provided with a flap also folded across the `fabric weave, said flap when folded extending diagonally downwardacross the fabric and having one of its edges meeting an edge on the tapered end and seamed thereto.

3. In a garment, a body portion forming the trunk of the garment, said body portion smallerl being folded on spaced lines'to provide a pair 0f inwardly extending parts which form the back of the garment trunk portion, the edges of said inwardly folded parts meeting on a diagonally extending line and .seamed together, one of said parts being larger than the other part, said larger part having an angularly extending lower edge.

4. A garment trunk portion composed of a sheet of fabric shaped to form the entire front of the trunk portion, said sheet being composed of bias fabric, said sheet being provided with a large back flap and a small back flap located oppositely to the large flap, said large back flap extending diagonally downi ward across the rear of the trunk portion and v having its lower edge so shaped that said edge diverges from a central low point tothe oppositevside edges of the trunk portion, the .A flap having one of its edges meeting an edge of the larger flap on a diagonal line and seamed thereto whereby the entire garment, trunk portion isL maintainedy by this single seam. f

5. Ina garment, a trunk portion having a fabric section forming a seamless front member for said trunk portion, said fabric section having integral wlngs extending from it to form the back of the Igarment trunk portion, one of said wings extending diagonally across the trunk portion, the lower edge of said diagonally extending wing diverging from a central point'located on vthe medianline of the trunk portion to points higher up on the l.

trunk portion and located at its opposite sides.

6. In a garmentfa trunk portion having a fabric section forming a seamless front member for said trunlg portion, said fabric section ,e

having win s which extend from it to form the back o the. trunk portion, one of said wings being larger than the other, the edges of said wings meeting on a diagonally 'extending line and being seamed together on from one of the sldes of the trunk portion of the garment to the central line thereof and diagonally upward to the thence extendin f the trunk portion of the opposite side o garment.

7. A garment formed from a sheet of fabric having cut edges disposed parallel to the weave'of the fabric, said sheet having a part forming a trunk front portion, flaps extending from said sheet and forming the trunk back portion, said flaps meeting on a diagonal line and having their meeting edges scanned together, an integral lower flared continuation forme-d on the trunk front portion, said continuation extending below the lower edges of the flaps, and a flared fabric section secured to the lower edge of one of the flaps and sea-med to the sides of the flared continuation.

8. In an article of wearing apparel, a trunk portion consisting of a sheet of fabric having its threads on the bias with respect to the body of the trunk portion formed thereby, said sheet having its ends infolded and-meetingon a diagonal line at the back of the trunk portion and stitched together. l'

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 20th day of March, 1930.

' y RUTH F. ALBERT. 

